1 Warrens Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Barley, Royston, Royston (SG8 8JP). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 790 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 58), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £430,000 sits 79.2% above the 2010 sale of £240,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 26.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 73 m² it's 17.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
1 Warrens Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Jun 2019
Planning history at 1 Warrens Cottages is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
Plum - Trim overhanging branches
1 Warrens Cottages's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£430,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 11 years.
£240,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 11 years.
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1 Warrens Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,272
Street avg £3,726
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

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Remove one Sycamore tree (T1) in garden of 3 Warren Cottages. Remove one Sycamore tree (T2) to rear of garden of 5 Warren Cottages. Reduce height of hedge line of trees by maximum of 50% and cut back overhanging branches to rear of gardens of numbers 1-6 Warren Cottages (as amended by plans dated 22/1013).
Full planning data for 1 Warrens Cottages, Church End, Barley, Royston, SG8 8JP
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26 March 2010Most recent
£240,000
+72.7%over 10 years17 June 1999
£139,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8JP: £285,000 (2021–2002).
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CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
SG8 8AD
St Margaret of Antioch Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Barley (VA) Church of England First School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB